Movable bungalow



E. 0. HEYGATE. I MOVABLE BUNGALOW.

APPLiCATION FILED JULY 5. I92].

Patented May 30, 1922-.

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MOVABLE BUNGALOW.

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MOVABLE BUNGALOW.

APPLlCATlON FILED JULY 5. I921,

Patented May 30, 1922.

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MOVABLE BUNGALOW,

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MOVABLE BUNGALOW.

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Patented May 30, 1922.

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UNITED STATES EVA CON STANCE HEYGATE, 0F TANKERTON, ENGLAND.

MOVABLE BUNGALO'W.

Application filed July 5, 1921.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 30, 1922.- Serial No. 482,404.

(GRANTED UNDER THE rnovrsious or THE ACT or MARCH 3, 1921, 41 STAT. I..,1313.)

To all whom. it may concern Be it known that I, EVA CONSTANCE HEY- GATE,a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at South Lodge,Tankerton, in the county of Kent, England, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Movable Bungalows, (for which I have made application inGreat Britain on Dec. 20, 1919, Patent No. 162,714,) of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a movable bungalow which can be opened out toform a considerable number of rooms and can be closed up for travelling.

According to this invention themovable bungalow consists of a main floormounted upon wheels and having partitions fixed to its upper side and asuperstructure capable of sliding over the partitions. The rooms areformed by six wings, two hinged on each side of the main floor and oneto each end forming the floors whilst the sides and ends of the roomsare formed of flaps hinged to the wings and other flaps hinged to thepartitions. The roofs of the rooms are hinged to the upper floor carriedby the superstructure. The superstructure. may be divided intothreerooms by means of partitions and is provided with a balcony supported bythe roofs of the lower rooms.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is an elevation of the bungalow.

Figure 2 is an elevation of the bungalow showing how it is manipulated.

Figure 3 is an elevation of the superstructure showing three doors tothe three rooms and the veranda open and in use. I Figure 4 is a sideelevation of the superstructure closed and arranged for transit.

Figure 5 is an elevation of the superstructure showing the rear end withthe supports and end partition over the staircase.

Figure 6 is an elevation of the superstructure rear end closed fortransit.

Figure 7 is a ground plan of the bungalow opened out showing mam floorand extension floors with position of the entrance hall and six rooms. 7

Figure 8 is a plan of the underside of the ground floor showing theposition of the winding gear.

Figure 9 is a side elevation of the ground floor with its wheelsattached and spindle of winding gear showing at each end.

Figure 10 is a side elevation of the bungalow with the superstructureraised showing is unfolded four rooms position of the wires proceedingfrom the winding gear in the ground floor to the first floor, alsoshowing position of the two lunged partitions dividing the three upperrooms. It also shows the position when folded of the hinged roof, wingsand flaps of the front and back rooms.

Figure 11 is an elevation showing end of the body with thesuperstructure lowered fortransit and the position of wires from thewinding gear to the attachment to the lower edge of the superstructure.

Figure 12 is an elevation showing the end of body (with thesuperstructure raised) exposed to show the position of the wires.

Figure 13 is a plan of the first floor, with the floor boards removedshowing the disposition of the wires as they come through the floor'from the gearing in the ground floor and their dispersal to the pulleyson either side.

The main floor '10 is mounted on four wheels 11 and has three partitions12, 13, 13;

two -fiaps" 17.. Flaps 18 are hinged to the.

partitions 15. I

An upper floor 54 is supported by the partitions 12, 13, 14 and 15 andhas hinged to its sides four roofs 19.

are formed by the wings 16, two flaps 17, 17, and two flaps 18,

18 and a roof 19, the rooms being completed by windows 20 which whenpacked are placed on the main floor 10 adjacent to the partition 14. Atthe ends of the main floor 10 are hinged two wings 21 to the sides ofwhich are hinged Wings 22. To the ends of the wings 21 are hinged flaps23 to whose ends are hinged other flaps 24.- Flaps 25 to which arehinged flaps 26 are hinged to the end partitions 15. Roofs 27 to whichare hinged side flaps 28 are hinged to the ends of the upper floor 54.

In this manner end rooms are formed of the wings 21, 22, flaps 25 and'26forming the sides and flaps 23 and 24 forming the ends and roofs 27, 28.A staircase 29 is pro vided leading from one of the end rooms to theupper floor 54.

The top floor consists of a superstructure When the bungalow 30sufliciently large to slide over the edges of the floor 54 to which arehinged two partitions 31, 31, which divide the superstructure into threerooms. A platform 32 is hinged to one side of the superstructure forminga balcony to provide access to the three rooms. The platform issupported by five triangular supports 33 hinged to its underside whichsupportsrest upon the roofs 19 as shown in Figure 1. The balcony isprovided with a roof 34 hinged to the underside of the main roof 35 ofthe superstructure, and to the roof '34 are connected pillars 36 and asafety rail 37 the ends of the pillars 36 engaging with the top of theplatform 32 thereby supporting the roof. The end of the balcony isprotected from the weather by three hinged shutters 38 which are securedto the balcony roof 34 and when not in use fold on the front of thesuperstructure. At each corner of the superstructure is a hinged support39 which rests on the roofs 28 and when not in use folds against thesuperstructure. Adjustable screwed supports 40 are provided forsupporting the side and end wings. Doors 41 are hinged to the partition12 and other doors 42 to the partitions 15, whilst the superstructure isprovided with three doors 43 opening on to the balcony.

The superstructure is raised and lowered by means of gearing shown inFigures 8 to 13. The winding gear consists of four pulleys 44 mounted ona shaft 45 carried on the underside of the main floor 10 as shown inFigure 8. At each end of the shaft 45 is a pinion 46 gearing withanother pinion 47 which can be turned by means of a handle adapted to befitted on the square end of the short shaft 48. Chains 49 are secured tothe bottom of the superstructure at 50, and passing over pulleys 51 toeach side, pass over other pulleys 52, two supported by the partition 12and two by one of the partitions 13, and thence to the pulleys 44 on theshaft 45, in the latter cases the chains also passing round pulleys 53.

To set up the bungalow, the main floor is set in a horizontal positionby means of the screw supports 40 and the wheels are blocked up. Thebalcony platform 32 is turned down and the hinged supports 33 are set atright angles to the platform. The superstructure is now raised byturning the shaft 45 and is secured in its raised position by means ofthumbscrews. One of the roofs 19 is then raised and the correspondingwing 16 is lowered and brought to the same level as the main floor 10 bythe supports 40. The otherroof 19 and wing 16 are similarly treated andthe two wings 16 are bolted to gether. The four flaps 17 are now raisedinto-position and the two roofs 19 are turned down and secured to them.Two of the windows 20 are fixed in position as shown in Figure 1. Thethree wings 18 hinged to the partitions 15 are turned out and secured bythumbscrews to the flaps 17. The two rooms on the other side of the mainfloor 10 are formed in a similar manner. The roof 27 at one end israised and the side roofs 28 are opened out. The wing 15 is turned downand made level with the main floor 1 0 by supports 40. The side wings 22are turned over. The central flaps 23 and side flaps 24 are turnedupwards and the roofs'27 and 28 are turned down and fixed to them. Thewings 25 and 26 are turned into position and secured to the wings 24.The room at the other end is similarly manipulated.

It will be seen that the bungalow has six rooms on the ground floor andthree rooms on the superstructure.

What I claim is 1. A movable bungalow consisting of a main floor, wheelssupporting the main-floor, partitions fixed to the upper side of themain floor, a superstructure capable of sliding over the partitions, afloor in the superstructure, and partitions hinged to the floor in thesuperstructure.

2.. A movable bungalow consisting of a main floor, wheels supporting themain floor, partitions fixed to the upper side of the main floor, asuperstructure capable of sliding over the partitions, wings hinged tothe sides and ends of the main floor, flaps hinged to the wings, otherflaps hinged to the partitions, roofs hinged to the superstructure, afloor inthe superstructure and partitions hinged to the floor in thesuperstructure.

3. A movable bungalow consisting of a main floor, wheels supporting themain floor, partitions fixed to the upper side of the main floor, asuperstructure capable of sliding over the partitions, wings hinged tothe sides and ends of the main floor, flaps h nged to the wings, otherflaps hinged to the partitions, roofs hinged to the superstructure, aplatform hinged to the superstructure, and supports hinged to theplatform and supported by the roofs.

4. A movable bungalow consisting of a main floor, wheels supporting themain floor, partitions fixed to the upper side of the main floor, asuperstructure capable of sliding over the partitions, wings hinged tothe sides and ends of the main floor, flaps hinged to thewings, otherflaps hinged to the partitions. roofs hinged to the superstructure, afloor in the superstructure, partitions hinged to the floor in thesuperstructure, a platform hinged to the superstructure, and supportshinged to the platform and supported by the roofs.

5. A movable bungalow consisting of a main floor, wheels supporting themain floor, partitions fixed to the upper side of the main floor, asuperstructure capable of sliding over the partitions, a shaft mountedon the underside of the main floor, pulleys on the shaft.

and on the partitions, and chains passing round the pulleys and adaptedto raise the superstructure.

6. A movable bungalow consisting of a main floor, Wheels supporting themain floor, partitions fixed to the upper side of the main floor, asuperstructure capable of sliding over the partitions, Wings hinged tothe sides and ends of the main floor, flaps hinged to the Wings, otherflaps hinged to the partitions, roofs hinged to the superstructure, ashaft mounted on the underside of the main fioor, pulleys on the shaftand on the partitions, and chains passing round the pulleys and adaptedto raise the superstructure.

7. A movable bungalow consisting of a main floor, Wheels supporting themain floor,

partitions fixed to the upper side of the main floor, a superstructurecapable of sliding over the partitions, Wings hinged to the sides andends of the main floor, flaps hinged to the Wings, other flaps hinged tothe partitions, roofs hinged to the superstructure, a floor in thesuperstructure, partitions hinged to the floor in the superstructure, aplatform hinged to the superstructure, supports hinged to the platformand supported by the roofs, a shaft mounted on the underside of the mainfloor,

pulleys on the shaft and on the partitions,

and chains passing round the pulleys and adapted to raise thesuperstructure.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention 1 have signed myname this 9th day of June 1921.

'EVA CON STANCE HEYGATE.

